Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Wisconsin, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,462
2	Judith	1,228
3	Carol	896
4	Patricia	885
5	Barbara	884
6	Nancy	676
7	Karen	608
8	Sandra	575
9	Sharon	528
10	Joan	437
11	Donna	391
12	Shirley	380
13	Janet	359
14	Kathleen	351
15	Joyce	349
16	Beverly	344
17	Judy	341
18	Betty	323
19	Janice	320
20	Jean	318
21	Marilyn	283
22	Susan	278
23	Diane	255
24	Ruth	251
25	Margaret	247
26	Darlene	234
27	Bonnie	219
28	Joanne	201
29	Marlene	200
30	Dorothy	193
31	Lois	192
32	Virginia	179
33	Helen	176
34	Linda	172
35	Elaine	171
36	Gloria	164
37	Ann	157
38	Elizabeth	154
39	Alice	153
40	Kay	147
41	Arlene	145
42	Jane	141
43	Carolyn	137
44	Phyllis	128
45	Geraldine	127
46	Sally	124
47	Audrey	119
47	Carole	119
49	Gail	117
50	Joann	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,577
2	James	1,552
3	John	1,318
4	Richard	1,255
5	Thomas	909
6	David	903
7	William	879
8	Ronald	728
9	Donald	726
10	Gerald	577
11	Kenneth	518
12	Dennis	476
13	Charles	457
14	Roger	447
15	Gary	436
16	Michael	418
17	Larry	325
18	Edward	294
19	Joseph	284
20	Wayne	281
21	Paul	250
22	Jerry	231
23	George	230
24	Daniel	216
25	Eugene	207
26	Jerome	191
27	Raymond	187
28	Dale	186
28	Peter	186
30	Lawrence	180
31	Harold	150
32	Bruce	146
33	Ralph	138
34	Gordon	136
35	Carl	135
36	Duane	131
37	Frank	128
38	Patrick	126
39	Walter	124
40	Allen	121
41	Jack	117
42	Russell	116
43	Douglas	114
43	Frederick	114
45	Marvin	110
45	Norman	110
47	Gene	109
48	Terry	102
49	Leroy	100
50	Fred	99